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Aliya's Food Limited, a Canadian exporter of Indian food products, announced Monday that it has issued a recall of 4,865 pounds of frozen butter chicken and rice products on fears of listeria contamination.

Following suit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a public alert because affected products were imported to the United States and sold at the Trader Joe's chain of grocery stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington D.C.

Customers with additional questions can contact Trader Joe's at (626)-599-3817.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, listeria is an organism that can cause foodborne illness. Symptoms of infection may include fever, muscle aches, gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea. Pregnant women and adults with weakened immune systems are at the greatest risk and most healthy adults and children rarely become seriously ill.

I didn't know that the president was now giving cooking classes. This has nothing to do with politics, except maybe to you. Why is that, I wonder?

December 5, 2012 at 10:02 am |

NoKidding

Yeah, that darned Obama, can't do anything right!

December 5, 2012 at 10:34 am |

Lisa

PeterD was obviously making a joke (and a very funny one at that, in my opinion).

March 20, 2013 at 5:41 am |

Leslie

There are too many chicken, beef scares lately. I buy everything fresh from farms at http://www.americasfarmstand.com
and I can trace where all of my kids' protein comes from.

December 4, 2012 at 11:14 pm |

rad666

You can only trace what they have eaten in the home.

December 5, 2012 at 9:51 am |

jdoe

It's funny how people use this one incident to bash Trader Joe's, and Indians too. It's like no American firms have ever had a recall before. Idiots.

December 4, 2012 at 10:18 pm |

John

Went to a Trader Joe's once. I don't see what the big deal is? Lot of stuff looks worse then Aldi and no brand stuff but costs three times as much.I think people here in the US think our food chain has problems. Its way better then some of these Countries where Trader Joe stuff comes from.

December 4, 2012 at 3:50 pm |

jj

Ha! I'm safe, the Tikka Masala is way better than the Butter Chicken so that's all I buy!

At least I now know why it tastes exactly like the Tikka Masala I had for lunch everyday when I had an assignment in India a few years ago. :)

December 4, 2012 at 2:23 pm |

James

Totally agree with that! Tikka Masala is only one I get as well... nice white meat chicken in it!

December 4, 2012 at 2:42 pm |

Pan3

I would not eat anything that was made half way around the world and frozen for months on a cargo ship – gross!

December 4, 2012 at 2:18 pm |

ph

you already do

December 5, 2012 at 9:21 am |

Jdizzle McHammerpants ♫♫

"Smells like a diaper filled with Indian food covered in burnt hair"

December 4, 2012 at 1:09 pm |

foo

Indian food is either Dravidian or Aryan. They are both good, the food in question is Aryan. Non-aryan non indo-european people (such as asiatics, orientals, or middle easterners) are not supposed to and not expected to understand Aryan cuisine (and this is just the way the swastika, shubjtika and laltika using Aryans like it).

December 4, 2012 at 4:00 pm |

Jdizzle McHammerpants ♫♫

Someone hasn't seen Anchorman

December 4, 2012 at 4:32 pm |

billy

This article talks about a product, and some idiots on here find someway to make it racial. White people, please grow up.

December 4, 2012 at 6:18 am |

iceload9

What makes you take for granted they are white?

December 4, 2012 at 2:40 pm |

JoePub

billy = Racist. His own comment is making this some sort of "White agenda". Pitiful.

December 4, 2012 at 5:45 pm |

ph

billy could be a goat sufing the net on the farm.

December 5, 2012 at 9:22 am |

AuntySocial

It seems to me that Trader Joe's has a problem. I know there was salmonella with the peanut butter now the frozen dinner. I've heard of other recalls, but can't recall what they were. They have also refused to sign the agreement not to sell Genetically Modified Food. I would rather do business with Whole Foods. I haven't heard of any recalls and they have signed the agreement not to sell Genetically Modified Food.

December 4, 2012 at 1:23 am |

government cheese

No. They pulled all the peanut butter as a precaution. Americans are so dumb.

December 4, 2012 at 4:20 am |

Guest

You know that Whole Foods sells GMO foods, right?

December 4, 2012 at 1:22 pm |

JMozz

I used to think that about Whole Foods until the GMO label proposition 37 in California failed and I found out about the companies funding the efforts against the bill. Cascadian Farms (owned by General Mills), Kashi (owned by Kellogg), Silk, Horizon Organic (owned by Dean Foods) all make hot-selling products at Whole Foods. They all make GMO products. How did Whole Foods react to the proposition? They quietly supported it instore to appease shoppers, but didn't give a dime toward the efforts against it until the final days before the election. A measly 25k from a 17 billion dollar company. Against millions spent by the food industry and chemical companies to defeat it. Basically, they looked the part of being pro-GMO labeling in the face of customers but really wanted it to just go away.

December 4, 2012 at 6:39 pm |

sigmond seamonster

Eating meat is not the problem. But eating FACTORY FARM MEAT certainly is. Corporate Run Meat Industry does not care one bit about the public's health or safety.

December 4, 2012 at 12:59 am |

FoodSense

Mass produced food is the problem, especially with these large corporations that can process 18 million pounds of turkey?
The food industry is really owned by 3 main corporations, the labels and different names on the products are to let the sheep follow without question. Learning how to grow your own food, and relying less on the quick, fast, and over processed food that has come in contact with several metal machines and sprayed with chemicals to disinfect cannot be good for anyone.

December 3, 2012 at 11:12 pm |

RGCNN

While you at it, recall all H1B visa workers back to India

December 3, 2012 at 11:00 pm |

RT

The frat parties are over from good old college days; now in the real world you sure would find it hard to compete with people half way across the globe. Globalization, outsourcing etc are only good as long as you get stuff at a cheap price.

December 3, 2012 at 11:56 pm |

H1

Wish you had put more effort in your Math and Science instead of indulging in parties at school.

December 4, 2012 at 2:11 am |

yaa

BTW, if you have read the article...which you certainly haven't, the product was made and exported from Canada....I hope your "creator" recalls you back :D

December 4, 2012 at 3:51 am |

chuck

Yaa, it doesn't say it was made in Canada. Check yourself before criticizing others.

December 4, 2012 at 6:19 am |

ph

your bank would shut down if they did that...as well as most of your IT departments

December 5, 2012 at 9:23 am |

zlop

"Trader Joe's recalls frozen Indian meals" ?

I thought this was about a Fur Trader recalling,
eating, frozen to death, Naive Indians.

December 3, 2012 at 10:54 pm |

bud in NC

to ZLOP- Funny. The 's after Joe through me for a moment. Still funny.

December 4, 2012 at 3:55 pm |

CK

I'm waiting to hear about a recall on the sweet potato fries. The last bag I got, some of the fries tasted like they had been sprayed with Windex.

I also got my turkey for Thanksgiving from them. The meat was substandard (tough, not due to my usual cooking method), and there were still plenty of feather quills that took me 10 minutes to pluck.

Very sad. I do like shopping there, but the quality has gone downhill quickly. Were they recently purchased by another company, I wonder?

December 3, 2012 at 9:25 pm |

tony

A large German Supermarket chain.

December 3, 2012 at 10:04 pm |

SixDegrees

"The meat was substandard (tough, not due to my usual cooking method), and there were still plenty of feather quills that took me 10 minutes to pluck. "

Sounds organic.

December 4, 2012 at 2:53 am |

SixDegrees

"Were they recently purchased by another company, I wonder?"

No. They're owned by the same enormous German corporation that started the chain.

December 4, 2012 at 2:54 am |

jay

correction; they were 'started' by a guy named Joe in Pasadena California.. subsequently the 'big German company' purchased the operation and expanded it substantially. They are still an innovative and cost effective source of food products.. and their inventory management is first rate. Not to mention their treatment and support of employees.

December 4, 2012 at 12:32 pm |

Alex

Ya get whatcha pay for.

December 3, 2012 at 8:39 pm |

Darryl

Oh NO!
It's Time to STOP TRADING JOE! You obviously SUCK AT IT!

December 3, 2012 at 8:06 pm |

Hungry_Lad_who_does_NOT_wants_TJ's_IndianFood

Well,here is the problem.....

You brought food from Traders Joes loLOLOLOLOL!!

Me and my family buy at least 85%of our food from WHole Foods.We get soups,sauses,meats,cheeses,cereals and other delicious foodstuffs!!!!!!

December 3, 2012 at 8:06 pm |

Darryl

Uh,
I really thing you should do some research on Whole Foods as well. They have been cited numerous times over the last 90 days for fraud and misrepresentation of their products (i.e. Organic, Natural etc) Just Say'n Mr. Trendy.

December 3, 2012 at 8:10 pm |

RC Roeder

Whole Food does a better job than most and wait foe their new store to open. Trader Joes I do shop at as well and Sunshine/Sprouts.

December 3, 2012 at 8:16 pm |

joe

What language do you speak?

December 3, 2012 at 8:22 pm |

LOL

LOL at "Mr. Trendy" name and likely broke from way overpaying at Whole Poser Foods

December 3, 2012 at 11:07 pm |

Alverant

And you spen 85% of you paycheck at Whole Foods too I bet. That chain is just too espensive. They also get hit with more fines for deceptive advertising and have had their own recalls. They're just hushed up to avoid looking bad.

December 4, 2012 at 12:35 pm |

JMozz

I used to think that about Whole Foods until the GMO label proposition 37 in California failed and I found out about the companies funding the efforts against the bill. Cascadian Farms (owned by General Mills), Kashi (owned by Kellogg), Silk, Horizon Organic (owned by Dean Foods) all make hot-selling products at Whole Foods. They all make GMO products. How did Whole Foods react to the proposition? They quietly supported it instore to appease shoppers, but didn't give a dime toward the efforts against it until the final days before the election. A measly 25k from a 17 billion dollar company. Against millions spent by the food industry and chemical companies to defeat it. Basically, they looked the part of being pro-GMO labeling in the face of customers but really wanted it to just go away.

December 4, 2012 at 6:48 pm |

Doug

Trader Joe,
I think your days of trading with unscrupulous vendors is quickly coming to a close. First, it was peanut butter; now mere weeks later it's another brand of your over priced, over hyped food products. Substandard food and over pricing is not trendy; oh well, back to Safeway & Albertsons.

December 3, 2012 at 8:05 pm |

RC Roeder

You think Safeway is better?

December 3, 2012 at 8:17 pm |

Frank

Albertsons and Safeway recently recalled a number of ground beef products. I hope you weren't affected.

December 3, 2012 at 8:46 pm |

tony

Albertson's is way more expensive than other markets in Central Coast California.

December 3, 2012 at 10:06 pm |

sickofbeingsick

the cherry juice is fermenting. i don't think its supposed to do that.

December 3, 2012 at 7:11 pm |

SixDegrees

That's what natural food naturally does.

December 4, 2012 at 2:56 am |

Namaste

CNN commenters are a bunch of racists.
I'm now hungry for real indian food, as in, sold from a Dhaba, alongside a road. Not this inferior, north-american style "Indian" food. Masala Chai! Bhel Puri! Masala Dosa!

December 3, 2012 at 6:51 pm |

RC Roeder

we have a nice place out here that serves traditional indian food. Always crowded with Indian familes having dinner, which is a good sign.

December 3, 2012 at 8:19 pm |

RGCNN

Recall all H1B visa workers back to India while at it

December 3, 2012 at 11:04 pm |

jay

Yes, then we'll have NOBODY left in US who can do higher level science and mathematics.. Silicon Valley will dry up and become a ghost town. What we need, is to make a smoother, faster path for these H1B and Student visa holders who graduate with advanced degrees to STAY in USA as productive workers and entrepreneurs... you keep posting your same xenophobic message.. seems like you might need to study up a bit so you can communicate in more than mono-syllables ..

December 4, 2012 at 12:37 pm |

sickofbeingsick

i've been sick from lots of foods at trader joes. worst was the pot stickers. sick for days from that. the olive jars aren't sealed a lot of times. check the tops. the lids are supposed to be dented in, but most of theirs aren't. ascorbic acid from trader joes is corn if you have that allergy or are finding that you get sick from them (and other vitamins). i am careful about shopping there.

December 3, 2012 at 6:44 pm |

Peacefulguy

What another recall again for Trader Joe's? Something is wrong with that place – maybe they're too money hungry and just not dealing with reputable firms. Definitely considering not shopping there anymore.

December 3, 2012 at 6:44 pm |

sickofbeingsick

there's something weird about their honey also.

December 3, 2012 at 7:10 pm |

Steve H.

Wait....how do you know if you got the standard runs or the souped-up listeria causing runs after eating this curry anyway??

December 3, 2012 at 6:37 pm |

RGCNN

Ha, ha, ha LMFAO

December 3, 2012 at 11:04 pm |

Jeffa Bubby

ha ha ha...the recall doesn't affects Indians at all because Indians don't eat the frozen stuff at all. It's the westernized folks who live on the frozen stuff right from the breakfast. Let this keep coming...

December 3, 2012 at 6:33 pm |

katrina

Push the smelly curry down the sewer to begin with

December 3, 2012 at 6:28 pm |

RC Roeder

uh butter chicken is not really curry and from England in orgin

December 3, 2012 at 6:34 pm |

RGCNN

Yeah, I have some Indians living in my neighborhood, stinks when they cook Indian food

December 3, 2012 at 11:05 pm |

Limbaugh

son, stop wasting your time taking here... return to your meth lab...

December 4, 2012 at 4:16 pm |

Kenneth P

Where there are Indian hindus there is corruption, insider trading, medical insurance fraud, rapes, murders, snitching etc, deport them back to the medieval country they come from. No more H1B Visas. Enough.

December 3, 2012 at 6:26 pm |

Jeffa Bubby

Kennenth should be deported to where he originally belongs. Why is he still here in this country?

December 3, 2012 at 6:32 pm |

FredLarson

I agree completely. but we might as well the Arabs and Jews too.

December 3, 2012 at 6:36 pm |

johnsvuk

You are such an ignorant person. India is a country where all religions thrive. Get off your couch and try to know the world around you instead of making insane comments.

December 3, 2012 at 6:41 pm |

Indian Yogi

Indian Hindus may be @#$% but WE HAVE BRAINS which you white trash dont have much – that is why we have been invited to USA to do brainy work – you white trash can come and clean my toilet.

December 3, 2012 at 8:11 pm |

RGCNN

I work with Indians, they don't have brains, they are trained monkeys that know Java and other languages, I can't wait for the H1B program to expire

December 3, 2012 at 11:07 pm |

RGCNN

Totally with you on this one, forgot to add that they stink too, washing is not in their nature

December 3, 2012 at 11:09 pm |

Limbaugh

well seems like you know exactly what the church was good at once upon a time...

December 4, 2012 at 4:19 pm |

EatMeat

My fellow Americans of all ethnic backgrounds! Buy American.

December 3, 2012 at 6:13 pm |

Alverant

They are. Canada is part of North America. Learn some geography!

December 4, 2012 at 12:38 pm |

Carl

At least it should only mostly hit Indians instead of humans. No big deal at all.

December 3, 2012 at 5:27 pm |

al

think you need education and peace in your life

December 3, 2012 at 5:38 pm |

Krishnamurthy

Nice to see that you're learning how to read and write. The next step is to know your audience. Maybe after one of us non-human Indians lays you off your minimum wage job, you can wrap your mind around that next step.

December 3, 2012 at 5:45 pm |

SusanRoshanrocks

and how do you know that carl does not have his own company, and perhaps could be laying off people like YOU??

December 3, 2012 at 6:36 pm |

USCitizen

American's should be given the ability to decide who can work here and who cannot. Not Indians from India. Once you get your citizenship , do come back.

Even liberal , Michael Moore, has emphatically stated: Each country should hire their own people first. It's common sense.

Indians in this country are riding high on a wave of American greed among people like Bill Gates. But the American people will eventually prevail. Not socialism, Democracy! One American , One vote!

December 3, 2012 at 6:41 pm |

Anon

Reply to USCitizen
"American's should be given the ability to decide who can work here and who cannot. Not Indians from India. Once you get your citizenship , do come back. Even liberal , Michael Moore, has emphatically stated: Each country should hire their own people first. It's common sense."

Well-if that was the case then you Americans would not have your computers and internet. You do not want to study math and science, all you want to do is get degrees in music and liberal arts. Without the Indians and Chinese, Americans would have nothing.

December 3, 2012 at 8:12 pm |

LOL

You're just saying that cuz your skill set is unmarketable.

December 3, 2012 at 11:10 pm |

RGCNN

@Anon, I work with Indian programmers, they are the worst kind, poor code quality, constant excuses, forgetting how to speak English when cornered, contracting for few months and leaving total mess behind, totally fudging their resumes. I am proud to say I got many of them fired

December 3, 2012 at 11:12 pm |

Alverant

Well then USCitizen, why aren't you blaming the conservative business owners who are doing the hiring and outsourcing our jobs to 3rd world countries? They're not hiring local. I guess it's because they'd have to treat your fellow USCitizens as human beings instead of disposable resources like they've been doing for the past 30 years.

December 4, 2012 at 12:40 pm |

RGCNN

I am proud to say I got few H1B workers fired! They are trained, greedy monkeys. The code they produce is awful, my teenage kid can program better. They always have excuses, they over bill and spend 40hr on something that should take 8, they lie blatantly on their resumes, I caught few of them doing that, turn many of them on interviews.
Also, they form groups in companies and they fail Americans on interviews, I know, I have experienced that
We should stop H1B program immediately!

December 3, 2012 at 11:21 pm |

walkthetalk2

Poor Carl. A virgin with internet access.

December 3, 2012 at 5:50 pm |

SusanRoshanrocks

yeah, and i bet you score tons of hot chicks right buddy??

December 3, 2012 at 6:29 pm |

Hungry_Lad_who_does_NOT_wants_TJ's_IndianFood

why is SusanRoshanrocks so defesnive of Carol??? I bet they are the same people

December 3, 2012 at 8:08 pm |

USCitizen

Poor walkthetalk2. You are most likely and Indian In a job which an American can easily do thinking your so smart. You haven't finished your classes on the resolve of the American people yet.

December 3, 2012 at 6:44 pm |

Limbaugh

you must belong to the place where men are men and sheep are scared...

December 4, 2012 at 4:25 pm |

Bobby

Hey Carl.

FYI – Indians don't eat that stuff. It's designed for folks who can't handle the heat. So...it's more likely that members of the pasty clan that is most likely your kin will end up crapping themselves to glory from eating the tainted product. Leave room for dessert!

December 3, 2012 at 5:50 pm |

Summer

Carl, you are stressing me out you idiot. You are the reason this world is in the insane period it is now, you no good moron. I can't even see through my glasses with all the hot air a majority on the internet spew out. Shut your mouth or I will shut it for you.

December 3, 2012 at 5:52 pm |

Sebastmati

Are you saying Indians are gods and not humans? We're good but not that good.

December 3, 2012 at 6:02 pm |

SusanRoshanrocks

no actually it is us persians who are gods, indians are not even close....